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Police say that a post-mortem was today performed on the body of Dexter Marshall of Two Friends Village, ECD, by Pathologist Dr.

Three persons have been charged with the armed robbery of several persons travelling from the airport.

(Jamaica Observer) Vybz Kartel and his co-accused were remanded in custody when they appeared in the Supreme Court this morning.

CARTAGENA, Colombia, (Reuters) – Americas Summit host President Juan Manuel Santos welcomed businessmen and fellow leaders to Colombia today with a call to bury political differences and advice for the United States to turn its attention back to Latin America.

The Guyana Water Incorporated has intensified service disconnection activities on the East Coast of Demerara and says some of its customers there have not paid bills in three years.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two attorneys have refused to represent alleged child-molester Abdul Samad who is accused of buggering a five-year-old boy and three teenagers.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke said the Government is now formulating an ambitious plan to put 500 acres of land into rice cultivation by July and another 1,500 by December.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Aiming to provide greater transparency and accountability for its operations, the Office of the Director of the Public Prosecutions (DPP) will today launch the document The Decision to Prosecute: A Jamaican Protocol at the Norman Manley Law School at the University of the West Indies in St Andrew.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Wilhelmus de Bekker, bishop of Paramaribo, admits in an interview with de Ware Tijd that his statement about Bouterse supporters was unnecessary.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Organization of American States (OAS) will provide technical assistance to Suriname with establishing a truth and reconciliation commission related to the December murders and other crimes committed in the 1980s.

(Barbados Nation) Following four major industrial fires in the last five years, the Barbados Manufacturers Association (BMA) will launch a forensic audit of more than 70 industrial companies across the country.

(Barbados Nation) After more than two weeks of waiting for their pay, REDjet workers have been told they’ll get at least some of their money by next week.

(Trinidad Express) The doctors who treated Cheryl Miller at the St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital have been ordered to hand over her medical records to independent psychiatrist Dr Gerard Hutchinson, who will determine whether Miller needs further treatment and, if so, what kind of treatment is required.

(Trinidad Express) Three men were shot dead in Laventille early yesterday and police believe one of the victims was among four armed assailants who had earlier stormed the dwelling house where the shooting took place.

(Trinidad Express) The workers strike at Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) has started to affect the company’s Jamaican subsidiary, forcing the Caribbean Cement Company Ltd to package its cement in bags with Spanish labels.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs is “very concerned” by statements made on Wednesday by Minister of Justice Herbert Volney, which described Atiba Duncan’s killing as a “homicide”.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Lennox Heywood, 21 years of Pitt Street, Golden Grove, ECD.

(WICB) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — West Indies all-rounder Narsingh Deonarine made a successful return to international cricket with the ball, as he played a crucial role in his team’s fight-back against Australia on the final day of the first Digicel Test on Wednesday.

CARTAGENA, Colombia, (Reuters) – Leaders from North and South America will mix perennial controversies over Cuba and the Falklands with trade tensions and a new look at the war on drugs at a weekend summit in Colombia.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Foreign Affairs minister Winston Lackin is not concerned about whether the Netherlands wants to suspend the remaining 20 million Euros of development aid or not, he says to the paper from Cartagena, Columbia in reaction to the Dutch government’s decision to suspend the aid as punishment for the adoption of the amended Amnesty Act.